The Washington County Hospital Board of Trustees met last night for their June meeting.  It was delayed a week, as they did not have enough members present to conduct business last week.  Chief Financial Officer Elaine Matzenbacher was not present, so Chief Executive Officer Nancy Newby gave the financial report, which is the first of the new fiscal year.  She says many of the numbers from the month of May were down from the previous month, as well as what was budgeted.  There were 17 admissions and there were 19 budgeted, but it is 7 fewer than April and 10 less than last May.  Patient days were at 932 and there were 998 budgeted for.  It is also 56 fewer than in April and 137 fewer than one year ago.  Outpatient visits for May were down from the 3,000 that were anticipated at 2,848, which is more than the 2,811 in the previous month, and is 21 more than a year ago.  Emergency room visits was up from 209 for April to 257 for May.  It was also more than the 233 anticipated, while it was 21 more than in May 2014.  There were 46 surgeries, which is up slightly from the 45 surgeries in April, and 5 more than in last May.  The hospital had a loss of $88,817 for May, much higher than the loss of $18,931 in April.  They had planned for a profit of $2,410.  Newby explained some of the reasons for the large loss.  With the low volume of patients, the revenues were under budget, especially due to the low number of swing beds filled and there was a long-term care bed open.  Salaries were over budget for 2 reasons.  Workers are taking vacation during the summer and they held an in-service day with 100 percent attendance.  This ranges from 2 to 4 hours that need to be filled.  Also, their health insurance was over budget.  One thing the Hospital is doing, is going with a 340 B Pharmacy Plan.  Overall, this plan can save the hospital, the patient and the employees on medication.  Therefore, it can help with the hospital’s insurance cost.  The Board approved the May financial report.  Newby presented the information technology report, as Kim Larkin was not present.  Newby reported that the Patient Portal usage is up to 13 percent, while it needs to be at 5 percent or better.  She says there might be a decrease in the next report, as there were some computer issues.  They are also doing physician education.